At noon, the dark clouds were thick, more than ten miles south of the vortex city, a large number of ships lined up in a long line down the river, the fleet had to follow the vortex into Huai, and then arrived at Zhongli downstream of the vortex, to send all kinds of materials to the officers and soldiers defending the city.

It can be said that the vortex is the most important food route for the Zhongli defenders, and there can be no mistakes, so as not to affect the morale of the Zhongli defenders.

In the late spring, the water level of the whirlpool is obviously rising, but due to the deep draft of the boat, it is still easy to run aground in some sections of the river, so the boatmen are busy holding the penny to avoid the boat running aground.

With the current water level, it is not difficult to sail on the whirlpool, just be careful, except for some shoals, the rest of the river is very safe, and it is very easy to sail downstream.

That being said, it is not easy to make a living on the water, and if the ship runs aground due to carelessness, it will take a lot of effort for the boatman to get out of trouble, and if the cargo is damp and causes losses, the pain of the flesh and skin is inevitable.

Therefore, the boatmen on each cargo ship did not dare to take it lightly and carefully controlled the progress of the ship.

After some tossing and turning, the fleet sailed smoothly through the shallows, and before reaching the next shoal, there was enough time for everyone to catch their breath, and the boatmen began to talk.

Most of them came from the Bozhou area, and because the whirlpool came from the Bianzhou area, what happened in the Bianzhou area became the focus of the boatmen's attention, and the officers and soldiers are now fighting the rebels in the Zhengzhou area south of Bianzhou.

The rebels in Shannan, occupying Yecheng and Shaoling, are attacking the Zhengzhou Prefecture Zhichang Society, and the official army is defending the Changshe and fighting many battles with the rebels.

Of course, the boatmen did not know when the officers and soldiers would drive away the rebels, and they only hoped that the war would subside as soon as possible and everyone would live a peaceful life.

However, the fighting in the area of Gwangchangsha has not subsided, and there is a strong enemy on the Gwangju side, and it is said that these rebels have crossed the Huaishui by expecting to attack Yingju Prefecture to govern Ruyin.

Ruyin is located on the bank of the Yingshui River, only more than 150 miles away from the vortex yang in the east, if Ruyin falls, it is not good that the rebels will attack and disturb the boundary of the vortex yang, then the ships that go south to transport supplies will be in danger when they return home.

Thinking of this, the boatmen were quite worried, but it was useless to worry, everyone was sighing, suddenly heard the sound of gongs, and the officers and soldiers of the boat escort team shouted hoarsely: "The enemy is attacking, there are enemy cavalry attacking on the west bank!" ”

"Quick, get the ship to the east shore!"

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Zhongli, the Beida Battalion, the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals left in turn, and the commander Wei Chi Youqi sat alone in the tent, looking at a map in a daze.

After the defeat of Guangling, Wei Chi Youqi wanted to make amends for his crimes, so he fought hard to defend Zhongli, and insisted that the Chen army besieging the city made no progress, but even if he tried harder, the situation still deteriorated, because Yingzhou Prefecture ruled Ruyin and lost it.

Yingzhou Ruyin was lost, and the defenders couldn't even hold out for half a day, and before Hezhou Ruyin was lost, the defenders held out for a few days.

Thinking of this, Wei Chi Youqi held his head in his hands, his fingers were not in his hair, and he pinched his scalp tightly, trying to calm his head, he couldn't accept the reality that under Yu Wenwen's sharp attack, the defense line he had painstakingly arranged was like paper paste.

Where Yuwenwen is, he can stir up where the chickens and dogs jump, and within a few months of going south to Gwangju from the hanging gourd, the situation in Huaixi was a mess.

When the other party took Ruyin in Hezhou, Yu Chi Youqi thought that Yuwen and Chen Guo were in a quarrel, and he wanted to profit from it, but Yuwen Wen actually gave Ruyin to Chen Guo, which made Yu Chi Youqi feel incredible.

Since he didn't plan to occupy Ruyin, why did Yu Wenwen have to be busy in vain? Could it be to consolidate the relationship with Chen Guo? Yuwenwen is so kind?

Of course, Wei Chi Youqi did not believe that Yu Wenwen was a good person, and the other party divided his troops to attack various dock forts in the Huaixi region, forcing many heroes who were originally watching from the wall to fall to the side of the official army, and the reason why the other party was very arrogant was later known by Yu Chi Youqi.

Yu Wenwen sold Hezhou Ruyin as goods for a good price, and then used it to buy Huozhou Barbarians and other Dabie Mountain Barbarians.

Yuwen Wen gathered a lot of barbarians, relying on the grain obtained from looting the dock forts in various places, and cobbled together a large army, known as 100,000 people, and attacked Yingzhou with great momentum.

Yingzhou Ruyin is located on the bank of the Yingshui River, after the enemy captures, you can go south along Yingshui, directly attack Shouchun, and Shouchun has no south Hezhou Ruyin to cover, but also to face the attack of the Chen army, can be described as the belly and back of the enemy.

Not only that, Yuwenwen, who captured Ruyin, also sent cavalry to harass the surrounding areas, and Wuyang, one hundred and fifty miles east of Ruyin, had also been harassed by enemy cavalry.

Yesterday, a fleet of ships on the vortex went south, after passing through the vortex, was attacked by enemy cavalry from the west, although the fleet urgently berthed on the east bank, except for being ignited by rockets and burning some supplies, there was not much loss, but this incident made Wei Chi Youqi, who was sitting in Zhongli, unable to sit still.

The whirlpool is an important grain route for the Zhongli defenders, the ships loaded with a large amount of grain, grass and materials, set off from Bozhou in an endless stream, and go down the whirlpool into Huai to reach Zhongli, if the Yuwen Wen army captures the vortex city again, the vortex channel is cut off, and the Zhongli army will fall into a desperate situation.

Don't talk about the grain road, even the way back will be cut off.

This attack was not a separate incident, the enemy cavalry frequently haunted the area of the whirlpool, and the garrisons from all over the country sent urgent reports to Zhongli, Wei Chi Youqi looked at the emergency documents, and his mood became worse and worse, he knew that if he didn't hurry up, everything would be irreparable.

There are thousands of garrisons in Vortex Yang, if it was before the fall of Ruyin, Wei Chi Youqi believed that thousands of troops could ensure the safety of Vortex Yang, but Yu Wenwen's fierce offensive made him have to face the reality, that is, Vortex Yang may not last long.

Once Vortex Yang is lost, he will not be able to defend Shouchun and Zhongli.

If it weren't for the defeat of Guangling and the loss of too many troops, where would Yuwenwen have a chance, but now it's useless to regret it.

Wei Chi Youqi knew that Shouchun could only rely on Huaishui to contact Zhongli now, and the vortex was in danger of being cut off by the enemy at any time, and in the face of the Chen army in the south and Yuwenwen in the north, it was meaningless for Shouchun and Zhongli to defend any longer.

He wanted to withdraw his troops in front of the enemy while there was still food and whirlpool water under his control.

Surrendering Huainan caused the collapse of the foundation of cooperation between Yuwen and Chen Guo, which was a secret order passed to Yu Chi Youqi by Prime Minister Wei Chi Dan before, but Wei Chi Dan did not say anything to death, so that Yu Chi Youqi could see the opportunity to act.

Therefore, Wei Chi Youqi still wanted to hold Shouchun and Zhongli before, but now it seems that there is no need to take risks, as long as the main force retreats safely, he will have a chance to make a comeback in the future.

There was a voice of speech outside the tent, and after a while, several people entered the account and saluted to Wei Chiyouqi: "Shang Shuling, the last general is ready!" ”

"Very good, you take this letter with you, and hand it to the enemy commander when you arrive at the enemy camp, do you remember what to say?"

"The last general and so on, if Shang Shuling still has instructions, please give instructions!"

"Don't talk nonsense with the generals of the Chen army, just say that if you want Shouchun and Zhongli, you should retreat the soldiers and horses for thirty miles, and when our army retreats, the city will naturally be theirs."

"Warn them, don't try to play any tricks, if there is a slight mistake, our army will give Shouchun and Zhongli to Yuwenwen!"